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It's not designed to work like this. I'll get this sorted out.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I keep noticing people who, instead of adding missing info to the original question, post pages of code and stuff in comments or even as a solution.
I've wondered if they missed the green [Improve question] button because it's not always visible?
Then I wondered, why should it hide at all? Why is it not showing all the time? And that is my suggestion.
P.S.:
When I say button, another pet peeve of mine is stuff that behave like a button, but don't look like one! How should I know that some colored text in a corner is in fact an actionable element (i. e. a button)? How are new users supposed to know?
But that is a separate issue, on a much wider scope...
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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The idea was to keep the UI clean, but I agree and we're in the process of updating the UI.
Any suggestions you have, send them in! (even mockups if you're keen)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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One random thought, which might not work:
If a user starts typing in the "solution" box on one of their own questions, show a big warning banner asking them whether they're actually trying to update their question, with a big "edit question" button.
Possibly with another confirmation message when they click submit.
It won't catch them all, but it might make it more obvious to new users who don't know how to update their question. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I haven't been receiving notifications and newsletters from CP in a while. I suspect that this is due to our company changing the address naming scheme, and phasing out the old addresses.
I wanted to fix my email address in my profile settings, but that requires an email confirmation, and it appears that the confirmation mail is *not* sent to the new, but to the old, invalid email address!
How can I confirm the change of address when the old is invalid?? 
Problem solved: I had mistyped the new address 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
modified 4-Mar-20 4:09am.
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Thanks for letting us know
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Message Removed
modified 4-Mar-20 10:29am.
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I am opinionated, so I have been told by many...
I am not against technology, but...
what's with all these (obviously )- an opinion - see above -
LONG ABANDONED and UNANSWERED "quick answers" ?
( Obviously ) oxymoron title.
I am not against keeping archive, but are all these unanswered "quick" questions worth keeping ?
Make a managerial decision
if the "quick" question DOES NOT have accepted answer after period of time , ditch it!
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The decision was made some time ago, and some of us are authorised to remove old questions. The problem is that there are thousands of them. It's a bit like painting the forth bridge (before long-life paint was invented).
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Quote: if the "quick" question DOES NOT have accepted answer after period of time , ditch it!
I'd have to ask .. why?
-Is it really worth going to the effort of writing and testing the code to delete them?
- Not all questioners "Accept" a solution so straight away there are questions as to your thinking.
- Not all questions end up with a solution because a member may have answered the question in a comment instead - this is a very frequent occurrence. So don't delete "unanswered" questions with comments? What if the comment is "please update your question with the code / error message / more detail"
- how long is a "period of time"? One week, one month, one year? Does one size really fit all?
Don't forget, you can report a question as "Unclear or Incomplete", "Off Topic" etc. Just convince 2 other members to do the same and the question will automatically be deleted.
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It's perfectly fine (for you) to ask why.
But I am NOT interested in discussing my post.
Everybody has a different view / opinion.
If the forum "quick answers" is managed for purpose of keeping "statistics" / archive there is
no point to discuss.
What I do object is to have "discussions" and "quick answers" - two forums.
What I see is that "quick answers" is just easy catch all. It must be difficult to post in proper "discussions" forum.
So if it is the main forum, the "comments" format is goofy. (Just try to post real code there)
Cheers
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Vaclav_ wrote: What I do object is to have "discussions" and "quick answers" - two forums.
That discussion was resolved years ago when Chris first created QA. See Code Project Quick Answers FAQ[^].
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And brought back to present here[^]
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Go to My Settings and I'm here Your CodeProject Settings (This page allows you to modify your current profile.) At the bottom of the page go to Sign in using your Social Network Account. Here I connected with GitHub, Google and Microsoft.
Connect with LinkedIn and Facebook not working.
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Perhaps more of us have the good sense not to be part of any Social Network (except, of course, CP).
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Is your problem trying to create a new login or using an existing login?
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Connecting via LinkedIn and Facebook does not work.
https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/OAuthLogOn.aspx?auth=LinkedIn
https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/OAuthLogOn.aspx?auth=Facebook
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I am not seeing any issue with LinkedIn, but am seeing a rate limiting issue with FaceBook.
What error are you getting when trying to login using LinkedIn?
I'll look into this.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Well, I'm not getting any problems with FaceBook either.
It seems that if you enter the incorrect password, you get an error message about rate limiting, not a password error. : :
Please try again, and if you still have issues, verify your LinkedIn and Facebook passwords by going to the sites and logging in.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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This may have been suggested already, but it would be good if CP had a dark mode.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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CP Dark Theme[^]
Chris Maunder wrote: We've played around with it and no - it doesn't look good.
As I said last year, I'm one of those weird people who gets eye strain from looking at light text on a dark background, so having the option to chose would be essential.
I've seen sites which added a dark mode as an option, and then removed the light mode option because it was too much work to maintain both.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I use dark mode everyewhere that it's an option - Visual Studio, Twitter, Facebook, Outlook etc. I find it drastically reduces the amount of eye strain.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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For you.
For me, it drastically increases the amount of eye strain.
Which is why I said it would have to be an option, rather than forcing it on everyone.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Same here. I generally change my cmd windows to black on white if I need to use them for any length of time.
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Quote: I use dark mode everyewhere that it's an option
I already said that 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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